This has got to be one of the best of the low-budget future sci-fi Post-Apocalyptic films ever, next to A Boy and His Dog and a few Twilight Zone Episodes.
Are there any other GREAT low-budget post-apocalyptic movies?
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Pretty much!
shareThis is one of the best low-budget features ever. Apocalypse or no apocalypse.
shareI think the movie had a lot of great ideas, but the director totally gave his script the "Lucas Treatment" and made it all kid friendly. Seriously... he must of been watching Power Rangers when he wrote the screenplay (Power Rangers was very popular around the time of the movie). I'm guessing he was trying to franchise this project into toys and pajamas. I think if he would of went with more of a adult tone, took out of the fantasy element, and toned down the kids part. This movie would had a lot more appeal and been an unforgettable cult classic.
PS - The obnoxious little kid kills DEATH with a water bottle.... DEATH. How can DEATH die? And if it was possible, why water? Suddenly we're in Wizard of Oz. Lame, lame, lame.
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I didn't mind the kid friendly aspect in general, at least not as much as I normally do, but Power Rangers is actually a pretty good comparison. I think it's because the fight scenes are very similar, and the movie really didn't do much else. I thought it was a decent film overall, but it could have been so much better in the hands of a more competent director.
shareI liked this flick too---didn't pay too much attention to it when it came out, even though I was all into Hong Kong action/martial arts/films at the time. It was only because my sister told me about it and how weird it was that I even got interested in it in the first place. Saw it and parts of it cracked me up, like where one of the weird group of thug-like creatures after the main character says, "We wanted such and such, and all you give us is dead bald guys." That actually cracked me up, it was so unexpected. And yeah, it was obvious after a while that the movie's violence and tone had been played/toned down for some reason---to keep it family-friendly for whatever the reason--to get more theatres obviously,but it only played in like one theater in my town. I was genuinely weird as hell, like a crazy inspired mishmash of the Mad Max films, HK martial action pics, and of course, the spaghetti westerns.
Anyway, my sister got me the DVD of it for a birthday present---wish I still had it, plus I liked and knew the incredibly talented martial artist/actor Jeff Falcon from HK marital arts flicks--he was always worth watching in practically everyone he was in. It was also cool to hear his real voice for once, after being dubbed over in the HK action pics. Would definitely like to have it again if I come across it.
The Blood of Heroes (1989) with Rutger Hauer is one of my childhood favorites. Always a blast to watch.
I remember Hardware (1990) being halfway decent but I honestly can't remember much of the film outside of Lemmy's appearance as a cab driver.
Damnation Alley (1977) was disappointing but I hear the book(by famed sci-fi writer Roger Zelazny) is much better.
Agreed with the OP! Pretty cool movie!
Prostitute: What the *beep* are you doing?
Johnny: I'm gonna kill a bunch of people.
It's a nice piece of comic book like satire.
I'll tell you one thing. If I had a good sword and I didn't know where to get another one, I wouldn't keep jamming it in the dirt.